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Evan & Tiki

Inside a Brutal Knicks Loss

Evan & Tiki

Audacy

Sports

4.2990 Ratings

🗓️ 24 April 2026

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

A chaotic and emotional night watching the Knicks turns into a deeper conversation about what it really means to be a fan. As tensions rise during a playoff loss, the focus shifts from the game itself to the reactions in the room and the different ways people experience high stakes moments. The discussion dives into everything from nervous pacing and silent stress to over the top reactions and postgame frustration, leading to a debate over who truly embodies Knicks fandom. Along the way, there is humor, self awareness, and sharp observations about how fans process wins and losses, making for a relatable and entertaining breakdown of sports passion at its peak.

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0:00.0

Obviously, you get to know us because we're on the air four hours every day, but it's different when you get to experience sports action with your coworkers.

0:08.1

And Sean brought something up yesterday. I didn't know the answer. I said, you'll get a better idea experiencing it.

0:13.1

And he said, who do you think is the biggest Nick fan at WFAN?

0:18.0

And so we had the great opportunity of sharing a very memorable Nick playoff game with all of our

0:23.0

co-workers. And so Sean Morash as the host of our draft party, which you can still consume on

0:27.6

YouTube. It is up there if you want to check the whole thing out and relive what was a crazy

0:31.9

Thursday night in New York Sports. Have you drawn a conclusion on, in your humble opinion, the biggest Nick fan here at WFAM? We are the New York Knicks. I don't like the way you worded that. Why? How should I word it? Biggest is unfair? I'm more surprised that one Nick fandom being more real than the other, but I don't think Biggest is fair. Okay, so you want to go realer? I would just say this.

1:15.4

Greg Giannati did not miss a second of the next game. He picked the exact time to go to the bathroom, which was halftime. I noticed that. Correct. He sat next to my left the entire game, and he had this quiet, nervousness the whole game. That's his type of fandom. Yes. What I did not expect was truly how true passionate Craig was about the Knicks.

1:16.9

Now here's what's a little different.

1:20.4

Craig had no problem getting up and getting the rainbow cookies during a first quarter possession where Gia was locked in every play.

1:21.9

Yes.

1:22.6

But during that second half, Craig was as nervous and standing up and pacing and as he was pouring the tequila

1:31.1

and everything, he was in no mood the moment that game ended to be happy at all.

1:37.3

Yeah, you're right.

1:38.5

He was pissed.

1:39.5

He talked the whole day, whole night, I should say, about going to this Michael Jackson movie, which it might be 11.30 or midnight, whatever the hell it was going. Right. After the Knicks lost, I'm not going. Yeah, you can't. The whole thing? I'm not going. No mood. I'm not going. And look, I say it to say, Craig gets a lot of crap for like, do you even like sports, if even like sports? getting to experience him watching a Nick playoff game like that, we could squash that forever.

2:04.7

At the middle. I said to say, Craig gets a lot of crap for like, do you even like sports, you even like sports?

2:19.8

Getting to experience him watching a Nick playoff game like that, we could squash that forever. At the minimum, he is an awesome Knicks fan. Well, Craig has always said, and he's been very open about it, is that the Knickser is won, that that's his team. That's the team he cares most about. And so I agree with you. I think he showed that passion throughout the night. I think that Gio was as locked in as anybody, though.

2:35.6

I think that his. I think he showed that passion throughout the night. I think that Gio was as locked in as anybody, though. I think that the way he consumed it was just very different than showing the emotion on our sleeve the way Craig did. He wasn't vocal. He was not vocal. He was to himself. And I think the reason he was is because he was nervous. Yeah. No, I think that's right. I think there was a lot of nervousness in that. There was angst.

2:36.4

Because I was sitting next to G.O. And you could feel the angst. It's why he wasn't as reactive. Yeah. As he probably thought he would be, given how he is on the morning show. Yeah. To the draft. No, and I'll tell you this. I really believe

2:50.2

because I was busting Craig's balls

2:51.7

like oh you nervous

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